Candle-lamp.



PATBNTED 001?. 2, 1906 F. BAUMB'R CANDLE LAMP.

APPLIUAT ION FILED MAR. 9, 1906.

ATTORNEY THE NORRIS PETERS 00., wasmucrmv. u. c.

FRANCIS BAUMER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CANDLE-LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

Application filed March 9,1906. Serial F6. 305,125.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS BAUMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at 310 West Ninety-seventh street, New York city, State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candle-Lamps, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description. 5

The object of this invention is to provide an improved, sightly,readily-assembled, and cheaply-constructed candle-holder of that type inwhich a candle is held by spring-pressure toward the top of a tubehaving a cap with a restricted opening.

This invention has particular reference to improving the means forholding the ornamental outer shell in place upon the tube and forimproving the bayonetjoint connection between the open end of the tubeand the removable cap provided with the restricted opening.

My invention will be pointed out in the claims.

As shown in the drawings, Figure 1 is an outside elevation of thecandle-holder of this invention ready for use. Fig. 2 is a centralvertical section of the candle-holding tube and ornamental shell. Fig. 3is an underneath plan of the removable cap; and Fig. 4 is a view, partlyin section and partly in outside elevation, of the cap and of the tube.

As shown in the drawings, particularly Fig. 1, the cap 1 is provided atits lower end with an outwardly-flaring skirt 2, formed of a ringsoldered or welded to the outside of the cap 1. To the cap is alsosecured a shadeholder 3, supported by arms 4, secured at one end to thecap. The candle-holding tube itself is not shown in this figure, as itis covered by the ornamental celluloid or preferably enameled paperornamental tube 5, the lower end of which is hidden by a flange 6 uponthe resilient base 7. (Shown and described and claimed in a copendingapplication.)

The cap 1, Figs. 3 and 4, is formed with a restricted opening 8 at itsupper end and with.

a depending part 9, which projects into the interior of the flanged-outskirt 2. This part 9 is formed with a number of projections on its innersurface preferably formed of upset portions 10 of the metal itself ofrectangular lan.

p The tube 11 may be welded to the resilient base 7 at its lower edgeand in its mid-portion, preferably at 12, formed with a roughened outersurface, so that the paper or other tube 5 may he slid over the tube andprevented from accidental displacement by the roughened surface. Tofurther increase the hold of the roughened surface upon the ornamentaltube, I preferably expand it from within after placing the ornamentaltube upon its outside, thus giving the tube a slightly greatercross-section on the line C C, Fig. 4., than normal. A portion of thetube 13 extends above the upper edge of the ornamental tube 5 and isprovided with bayonetjoint slots of a peculiar construction, preferablythree in number to correspond with the three projections 10 of the cap.These bayonet-joints are of the general shape of the letter J, having avertical member 14 with a flaring mouth 15 and a member 15 slightly offthe horizontal, terminating in a short vertical member 16. In order toclose these openings at the back in a cheap and efficient manner, Iinsert within the bore of the tube at its upper end a bushing 17,securing it in place in any well-known .manner, such as welding,soldering, or expanding. The advantages in thus forming thebayonet-joint slots as I have shown is that the spring 18, which carriesthe cap 19, which presses against the lower end of the candle when inthe tube, tends to force the cap upwardly, with the square projections10 nicely fitting, each into a short vertical member 16 withoutpermitting any freedom of motion radially therein, thus giving theappearance and feeling of a solid structure. In order to secure thespring 18 to the cap, I form holes in its flange through which the freeend of the spring may be threaded, these holes preferably being formedas slits 20, which allow the metal of the flange to be pressed back between the slits to allow the spring to pass the metal on the outside.

I claim as my invention- 1. In combination with a candle-holding tubehaving a roughened outer surface, an ornamental tube on the outsidethereof in intimate contact with said roughened surface, said tube beingof greater diameter at its roughened surface.

2. In combination with a candle-holding tube having a roughened outersurface, an ornamental tube on the outside thereof in intislots and aremovable cap having projections 10 mate contact With said roughenedsurface, 'to engage said slots,

said tube being of greater diameter at its Signed at New York, N. Y.,this 8th day of roughened surface, and composed of paper- March, 1906.

like substance having an enameled surface.

3. A candle-holder comprising a tube open FRANCIS BAUMER' at its end forthe reception of a candle, bayo Witnesses: net-joint slots therein, areinforcing-collar EMERSON R. NEWELL,

Within the tube forming a closed back for the i F. WARREN WRIGHT.

